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@acryps/kiosk
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Kiosk watcher for embedded browsers.
Uses puppeteer to launch a chromium window in kiosk mode, then makes sure that the page can be loaded.
Example usage in a start script
#!/bin/sh
# set active display
export DISPLAY=:0
# install the latest version on startup
npm install --global @acryps/kiosk@latest
# show the cloud page
kiosk https://acryps.com/cloud
Sets up everything required to run kiosk on a fresh raspbian install (run in sudo).
URL=https://acryps.com/
LAUNCH_SCRIPT_LOCATION=/boot/firmware/kiosk
SERVICE_NAME=kiosk
SERVICE_FILE=/etc/systemd/system/$SERVICE_NAME.service
BROWSER_USER=$(ls /home/ | head -n 1)
# install nodejs and npm
apt install -y nodejs npm chromium
# create launch file
echo '#!/bin/sh' > $LAUNCH_SCRIPT_LOCATION
echo "export DISPLAY=:0" >> $LAUNCH_SCRIPT_LOCATION
echo "export PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=$(which chromium)"
echo 'npm install --global @acryps/kiosk@latest' >> $LAUNCH_SCRIPT_LOCATION
echo "kiosk $URL" >> $LAUNCH_SCRIPT_LOCATION
chmod +x $LAUNCH_SCRIPT_LOCATION
# create launch service
echo "[Unit]" > $SERVICE_FILE
echo "Description=Kiosk Browser" >> $SERVICE_FILE
echo >> $SERVICE_FILE
echo "[Service]" >> $SERVICE_FILE
echo "User=$BROWSER_USER" >> $SERVICE_FILE
echo "Group=$BROWSER_USER" >> $SERVICE_FILE
echo "ExecStart=$LAUNCH_SCRIPT_LOCATION" >> $SERVICE_FILE
echo >> $SERVICE_FILE
echo "[Install]" >> $SERVICE_FILE
echo "WantedBy=multi-user.target" >> $SERVICE_FILE
# activate service
systemctl start $SERVICE_NAME.service
systemctl enable $SERVICE_NAME.service
FAQs
Kiosk watcher for embedded browsers.
We found that @acryps/kiosk demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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